"But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am."

-- Maxim Gorky

#Big Fish Quotes #Bait Quotes #Poor Quotes

“I wanted to completely honor The REV and pay tribute to him and carry on the legacy that he intended with this record.”
“Never insult a mans beard, you either get thunder or lightning”
“Wealth means nothing at all if you do not know, to the last penny, what your fortune is. You might as well be poor if you do not know what you have.”

Source : Philippa Gregory (2011). “Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen”, p.2644, Simon and Schuster
“Now we have to understand that slavery would not have ended if it was left to the Africans alone, Now, Europe understood that what they were doing then was unjust, but imagine the propaganda from kings and queens of Europe to convince their people that we were cannibals, idol worshipers, horrible people, bastards, godless monkeys.”

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“What price would God demand from the churches for having the audacity to lighten the color of his son's skin, and straighten out his nappy hair?”
“I wish I could be a better writer, but writing is so difficult. I get seduced by visual aesthetics. Because I just like making beautiful pictures, sometimes I wander away from making a clear statement.”
“I don't really care so much what people say about me because it usually is a reflection of who they are. For example, if people wish I would sound like I used to sound, then it says more about them than it does me.”

Source : "Tribute to Prince Part 1". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. April 22, 2016.
“How you know where I'm at when you haven't been where I've been? Understand where I'm coming from?”

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